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  by Perry McCarney

  Created on: August 15, 2008   Last Updated: October 16, 2009

  Blame is a highly emotive term, is it appropriate in the defining question of this debate? Does a person's

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  by Michelle Wilkinson

  Created on: November 06, 2008   Last Updated: March 15, 2010

  In our society we are always looking for someone or something to blame for our problems. We seem to

• 3 of 25

  by Steven Gomez

  Created on: November 12, 2008   Last Updated: December 22, 2008

  Ever since genetic research discovered correlative links to obesity, many obese Americans have tried

• 4 of 25

  by Beth Jackson

  Created on: July 13, 2010   Last Updated: July 15, 2010

  Obesity is a lifestyle disease. It is a disease of habit. It is not a “genetic” disease

• 5 of 25

  by Anthony Megna

  Created on: September 05, 2008   Last Updated: April 16, 2012

  Genetics aren't completely to blame as to why some people are obese. They are obese because they are

• 6 of 25

  by Robin Tidwell

  Created on: July 14, 2008   Last Updated: April 11, 2009

  Just as in many areas of discussion, the topic of the causes of obesity and the ensuing nature versus

• 7 of 25

  by A Morris

  Created on: July 30, 2008   Last Updated: August 01, 2008

  The argument that obesity can be blamed on genetics is full of holes and is not backed up by modern

• 8 of 25

  by Carolyn Batchelor

  Created on: December 29, 2010

  Even though there are people with genes that make them more prone to being fat, the obesity epidemic

• 9 of 25

  by Jerome Carter

  Created on: October 31, 2010

  Diet and lifestyle are the main factors that cause obesity, not genetics.  Genetics may play a

• 10 of 25

  by Henrietta Mateaki

  Created on: September 25, 2011   Last Updated: September 28, 2011

  Genetically Dillusional

  Ha ha ha! Sorry I had to laugh when I read this subject title. I laugh

• 11 of 25

  by Sandra Piddock

  Created on: September 07, 2011

  These days, it's so easy to opt out of responsibility. It doesn't matter what the scenario is, something

• 12 of 25

  by Rebecca Mendez

  Created on: April 16, 2010

  Obesity is becoming a growing problem in the United States. Everywhere you go, there are obese people

• 13 of 25

  by Barbara Stockton

  Created on: September 05, 2008   Last Updated: January 12, 2010

  Although studies do show that genetics do effect  whether we are over weight or not, to blame genetics

• 14 of 25

  by David Payne

  Created on: February 13, 2012

  Genetics certainly have a large impact on shaping the human body both internally and externally, from

• 15 of 25

  by Wayne K. Wilkins

  Created on: August 05, 2008   Last Updated: August 18, 2010

  While genetics can play a role in your general size and stature, the obesity epidemic that is currently

• 16 of 25

  by Dr. Deborah Bauers

  Created on: July 12, 2008   Last Updated: August 27, 2009

  What role do genetics play in America's obesity epidemic? Are there really some individuals who, no

• 17 of 25

  by Anne StClair

  Created on: July 13, 2008

  If obesity was genetic people would always have been as obese as they are now, and obviously they were

• 18 of 25

  by Lisa H Warren

  Created on: September 26, 2008

  Studies come, and studies go; but from what I've seen of different people and their weight, I find it

• 19 of 25

  by Lucinda Davis

  Created on: March 29, 2009

  Genetics, I believe, plays a very small role in our weight issues. When you look at family photos you

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  by R.A. Scott

  Created on: July 28, 2008   Last Updated: February 19, 2009

  Obesity is a huge problem in today's world. In many ways it has had a big effect on our society, it